police arrest Nigerian gang involved in armed robbery

Photo: Dubai police bust Nigerian gang
involved in armed robbery

Photo: Dubai police bust Nigerian gang

involved in armed robbery

Dubai Police have arrested a gang comprising five

Nigerians (pictured above) who were involved in armed

robbery at the Al Mustaqbal money exchange in Sheikh

Rashid Bin Humaid Road in Ajman.

The gang managed to steal Dhs2,75,000 including various

foreign currencies.

Deputy Ajman Police chief said that the incident took place

last week when the gang members entered the exchange

and attacked and assaulted its employees, threatening them

with toy guns before emptying the premises of its cash and

fleeing.

The gang members entered the country on a visit visa,

which expired long time ago.

He added that the police operations room received a call

about the robbery at around 10.30 pm last Thursday.

However, the suspects managed to escape before the

police arrived on the scene, as the employees failed to

activate the alarm in order to alert the police.

Lt Col Abdullah Saif Al Matroushi, director-general of CID at

Ajman Police, said that police formed a special team to

investigate the case.

“The police team used sniffer dogs to trace the movement

of the suspects and found the shirt of one of the suspects

and a toy gun used in the crime.

The police also used the footage obtained from surveillance

cameras installed at the exchange house and the street,

which assisted in revealing their car plate number and its

description.

In cooperation with the Sharjah and Dubai Police, the team

managed to identify the suspects and their location.

One of the suspects was arrested in a street in Sharjah. He

then led the police team to his accomplices in Dubai.

In coordination with the Dubai Police, the team raided the

house of the suspect and arrested the other four.

The sixth suspect is still on the loose and the police is on

the lookout.

Upon inspection of the suspect’s residence, the police

seized Dhs11,000, receipts of purchases of gold, garments

and various items, as well as money transfer to their

countries and currencies including US dollars, euros, Omani

riyals and other currencies.

The suspects confessed to their crimes and were referred

to the Public Prosecution. The police officials urged the

public to take proper precautions to avert such crimes.

They also said that more awareness campaigns will be

organised to educate the employees of the financial and

commercial establishments on safest ways to deal with this

kind of incidents that occur during their working hours.

They will be educated about the importance of setting alarms to alert the police immediately.

Source: Gulftoday.are